Natasha Lomas
Senior Reporter
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Intel (re)fined $400M by EU for ‘naked restrictions’ dating back to the noughties
Talk about old news: The European Union has reimposed a fine (totalling €376.36 million) on Intel for antitrust violations dating back decades. Veteran tech watchers may recall the chipmaker was sla
Microsoft-Activision: UK looks poised to clear restructured deal
The U.K.’s competition watchdog has signalled it’s preparing to greenlight a restructured proposal for Microsoft to acquire Activision. In an update on its ongoing assessment today it said
UK bolts US ‘data bridge’ deal onto EU-US Data Privacy Framework
The U.K. government has officially confirmed it will piggyback on a transatlantic data transfer deal between the European Union and the U.S. by bolting on an extension that is dubbed the "U.K.-U.S. da
Poland opens privacy probe of ChatGPT following GDPR complaint
OpenAI is facing another investigation into whether its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, complies with European Union privacy laws. Last month a complaint was filed against ChatGPT and OpenAI in Poland
Meta targeted for fresh UK gov’t warning against E2E encryption for Messenger, Instagram
Buckle up for another encryption fight: Hot on the heels of securing parliament’s approval for its Online Safety Bill yesterday, the U.K. government is amping up pressure on Meta not to roll out
Untap Health wants to help offices and care homes track risk from bugs like flu and COVID-19
Ever since the pandemic we’ve been told we’ll need to learn to live with COVID-19, while also being warned it won’t be the last pandemic to hit us. Yet health risks aren’t equa
UK opens new chapter in digital regulation as parliament passes Online Safety Bill
Controversial U.K. legislation that brings in a new regime of content moderation rules for online platforms and services — establishing the comms watchdog Ofcom as the main Internet regulator &#
UK’s competition watchdog drafts principles for ‘responsible’ generative AI
An initial review of generative AI by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) which was announced back in May has concluded with a report containing seven proposed principles to ̶
TikTok fined $379M in EU for failing to keep kids’ data safe
It’s been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to its handling of children’s d
EU to let ‘responsible’ AI startups train models on its supercomputers
The European Union has signalled a plan to expand access to its high performance computing (HPC) supercomputers by letting startups use the resource to train AI models. However there’s a catch:
X Corp faces Dutch privacy class action over MoPub data trading
Make way for another Dutch class action privacy damages lawsuit — this one targeting the company formerly known as Twitter (now X Corp); and MoPub, the mobile ad platform it used to own (before
Google’s adtech targeted by Dutch class-action style privacy damages suit
Google is facing class-action style litigation in the Netherlands which accuses the adtech giant of breaching European privacy laws. It’s demanding Google stops tracking and profiling consumers
Ministerial statement on UK’s Online Safety Bill seen as steering out of encryption clash
The U.K. government appears to have steered out of a direct collision with the tech industry over a controversial, encryption-risking provision in the Online Safety Bill. Mainstream tech giants and sm
Meta denied injunction against Norway’s ban order on its surveillance ads
Meta has lost a first bid to get an injunction slapped on a ban Norway’s data protection authority imposed on its consentless behavioral ad targeting in July. The order also provides for daily f
EU confirms six (mostly US) tech giants are subject to Digital Markets Act
The European Union has named six tech giants whose market power it hopes to rein in by applying a new set of proactive, pro-competition rules on how these gatekeepers can operate designated “cor
A closer look at e/OS: Murena’s privacy-first ‘deGoogled’ Android alternative
Murena is in the business of deGoogling Android smartphones in the name of privacy. The French/European firm has been doing this for around five years, as a not-for-profit foundation — but also,
Jude is building a bladder health champion
Bladder health isn’t the sexiest subject in the world, so it probably won’t surprise you there are so few startups focused on the area. Only one, actually, according to Jude founder Peony
UK gov’t urged against delay in setting AI rulebook as MPs warn policymakers aren’t keeping up
A U.K. parliamentary committee that’s investigating the opportunities and challenges unfolding around artificial intelligence has urged the government to reconsider its decision not to introduce
Fitbit targeted with trio of data transfer complaints in Europe
Google-owned Fitbit is facing a trio of privacy complaints in the European Union which allege the company is illegally exporting user data in breach of the bloc’s data protection rules. The comp
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI accused of string of data protection breaches in GDPR complaint filed by privacy researcher
Questions about ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s ability to comply with European privacy rules are in the frame again after a detailed complaint was filed with the Polish data protection authority yesterd